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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When Elena falls in love with Riccardo, she also falls in love with the idea of a bigger world beyond her sheltered life in rural Italy. And when she loses him, she gives up her hopes for the future and her expectations of happiness, filling the sudden void in her life with her son and brother-in-law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270826
ISBN
9781846270826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature. This book presents translations of Lu Xun's stories, including "The Real Story of Ah-Q', "Diary of a Madman", "A Comedy of Ducks", "The Divorce" and "A Public Example", among others. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455489
ISBN
9780140455489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. No Country for Old Men is a compelling, harrowing, disturbing, sad, endlessly surprising and resonant novel' Robert Edric, Spectator Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Edit/Cover
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330511216
ISBN
9780330511216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.71

Paperback. This fourth Jeeves volume contains "Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit", "Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves" and "Jeeves in the Offing". Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Hutchinson
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091753405
ISBN
9780091753405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.84

Paperback. *'Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life' Hermione Lee, Observer Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083787
ISBN
9781844083787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Just after dawn, Caren inspects the grounds of Belle Vie, the historic plantation house she manages. Back at her office, the gardener calls to tell her she missed something. Something terrible. At a distance, she didn't see. A young woman lying face down in a shallow grave, her throat cut clean. So there will be police, asking questions. Series: The Attica Locke Collection. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846688041
ISBN
9781846688041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. When literary reprobate Foster James wakes up in a strange country house, he assumes he's been consigned to rehab (yet again) by his dwindling band of friends and growing collection of ex-wives. But he soon realises there's something a bit different about this place after he gets punched in the face by Ernest Hemingway. Is Foster dead? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Unbound
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783523559
ISBN
9781783523559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. In the worst times you find out who your friends are Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KAK0002858
ISBN
9780340923849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The brilliant and funny new novel from the author hailed as 'one of his generation's most gifted writers' by the New York Times Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747568285
ISBN
9780747568285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in the author's complex and tragic world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283157
ISBN
9780099283157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Features four last prose fictions by Samuel Beckett that were originally published individually, and their composition spanned the final decade of his life. This edition also includes several short prose texts such as: "Heard in the Dark" I & II, "One Evening", "The Way", and, "Ceiling". Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244737
ISBN
9780571244737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Following the success of her previous Scottish romance series, the author is back with a historical story. Series: The Highland Brides. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 27. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Publication date
2013
Edition
a
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061963117
ISBN
9780061963117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.68

Paperback. Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented, but better paid), her only consolation is food. What with that and her passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben, she knows her life needs changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0011007
ISBN
9780140276909
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981382
ISBN
9780241981382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A brilliant reworking of the detective story by the much-acclaimed Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & KLAY. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007196036
ISBN
9780007196036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. An epic and romantic tale from the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 108 x 19. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751541380
ISBN
9780751541380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Moger, Robin. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166624
ISBN
9789774166624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Pargeter, Edith. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241290224
ISBN
9780241290224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

paperback. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141355078
ISBN
9780141355078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Presents the story of Joseph Shapiro, a disillusioned and aimless man who discovers a purpose to his life through the Jewish faith. This title offers an examination of the nature of faith, the question of identity and the notion of how to lead a good life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391571
ISBN
9780141391571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

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